JPH11323634A - Antimicrobial gloves made of fiber - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain antimicrobial gloves having functions to inhibit and suppress the proliferation of bacteria by using antimicrobial synthetic fibers containing an antimicrobial agent incorporated therein. SOLUTION: The antimicrobial gloves are composed of antimicrobial synthetic fibers containing an antimicrobial agent incorporated therein or a combination of the antimcicrobial synthetic fibers with other fibers. A polyhexamethylene biguanide which is a guanidine-based compound is preferred due to its excellent antimicrobial actions possessed thereby, low toxicity and high safety and its ability to exude to the fiber surfaces and firmly bond to the fiber surfaces by incorporation thereof in the fibers. The content of the antimicrobial agent is preferably >=0.2 wt.% based on the whole fibers. The product is capable of manifesting excellent effects as gloves used in, e.g. hospitals or places where foods are handled.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an antibacterial glove made of fiber having a function of inhibiting or suppressing the growth of various bacteria harmful to the human body and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, when environmental hygiene is strongly considered, there are many products around the body which have been subjected to antibacterial treatment. One of these products is a glove.

Conventionally, most gloves subjected to antibacterial treatment are made of vinyl, and fiber gloves are not found. This is because it was difficult to perform antibacterial treatment on fiber gloves. For this reason, textile gloves used in places where hygiene management is strict must be cleaned, disinfected,
Antibacterial or sterilizing means such as heat treatment or drying are employed.

[0004]

As described above, there is no known fiber glove which has been subjected to antibacterial treatment, and its antibacterial or sterilizing treatment is troublesome such as washing, disinfection, heat treatment or drying. I was forced to take measures.

In view of the above points, the present inventors have made intensive studies to develop antimicrobial fiber gloves. As a result, antimicrobial synthetic fibers kneaded with an antimicrobial agent have been developed. The present invention has been completed by utilizing this antibacterial synthetic fiber.

That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a fiber antibacterial glove having a function of inhibiting and suppressing the growth of bacteria.

[0007]

The fiber antibacterial glove according to the present invention is characterized by being made of antibacterial synthetic fiber into which an antibacterial agent has been kneaded, or a combination of the antibacterial synthetic fiber and another fiber.

[0008] Another antibacterial glove made of fiber is characterized in that the antibacterial agent is mainly composed of polyhexamethylene biguanide classified as a guanidine compound.

Another fiber antibacterial glove is characterized in that the content of the antibacterial agent is at least 0.1 wt% of the whole.

[0010] According to the fiber antibacterial glove according to the invention configured as described above, the antibacterial agent kneaded into the synthetic fiber inhibits and suppresses the growth of bacteria.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of a fiber antibacterial glove according to the present invention will be described in detail.

(First Embodiment) A fiber antibacterial glove (hereinafter simply referred to as glove) according to the first embodiment is made of antibacterial synthetic fiber into which an antibacterial agent is kneaded.

As the antibacterial agent, Microvan (trade name) manufactured by Microvan International is used. This microvan is an antibacterial agent containing a non-eluting organic compound as a main component in a guanidine-based compound called polyhexamethylene biguanide. By kneading, the kneaded microvan (antibacterial agent) has the property of exuding to the surface through the fine pores of the fiber due to the capillary phenomenon, and being hard and firmly bonded on the fiber surface.

The content of this antibacterial agent is 0.1% of the whole.
It is at least 1 wt%, preferably at least 0.2 wt%. No antibacterial effect expected to have an antibacterial content of 0.1 wt% or less is not observed. The antibacterial effect is expected when the content of the antibacterial agent is 0.1 wt% or more, and a remarkable antibacterial effect is particularly observed when the content is 0.2 wt% or more.

As the synthetic fiber into which the antibacterial agent is kneaded, acetate or acrylic is used, but is not limited to these. Gloves are woven using the antibacterial synthetic fiber obtained by kneading the antibacterial agent as described above as a spun yarn.

(Second Embodiment) The glove according to the second embodiment is made of a combination of an antibacterial synthetic fiber into which an antibacterial agent is kneaded and another fiber. The antibacterial agent and the synthetic fiber into which the antibacterial agent is kneaded are the same as the antibacterial agent and the synthetic fiber described in the first embodiment. The content of the antibacterial agent kneaded into this synthetic fiber is 1 wt% of the whole antibacterial synthetic fiber.
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The glove of the present invention comprises a combination of the above-mentioned antibacterial synthetic fiber and another fiber, and the ratio of the antibacterial synthetic fiber is 10% by weight of the whole fiber. The content ratio of the antibacterial agent in the antibacterial synthetic fiber and the ratio of the antibacterial synthetic fiber in the whole fiber are not limited to these, and the above ratio is 0.1% by weight or more of the antibacterial agent, preferably What is necessary is just 0.2 wt% or more.

The fiber combined with the above-mentioned antibacterial synthetic fiber refers to a fiber containing no antibacterial agent. In addition to natural fibers such as cotton, aramid fiber, PPS (polyphenylene sulfite) fiber, and PBO (polyparaphenylene benzoic) Synthetic fibers such as (bisoxanol) fibers are included, and are not particularly limited, and are appropriately selected according to the purpose of use of the glove.

The glove obtained by combining the antibacterial synthetic fiber with another fiber may be woven with a spun yarn of an antibacterial synthetic fiber and a spun yarn of another fiber. May be woven with a spun yarn obtained by mixing the above fibers.

[0020]

As described above, according to the fiber antibacterial glove according to the present invention, since the antibacterial synthetic fiber kneaded with an antibacterial agent or the combination of the antibacterial synthetic fiber and other fibers is used, Bacterial growth can be inhibited and suppressed by the antibacterial agent kneaded into the fiber, which is an excellent effect as gloves used in hospitals and food handling places where environmental hygiene is considered.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A fiber antibacterial glove, comprising an antibacterial synthetic fiber into which an antibacterial agent has been kneaded or a combination of the antibacterial synthetic fiber and another fiber. 2. The fiber antibacterial glove according to claim 1, wherein the antibacterial agent is mainly composed of polyhexamethylene biguanide classified as a guanidine compound. 3. The content ratio of the antibacterial agent is 0.1 w
The antibacterial glove made of fiber according to claim 2, which is at least t%.